Xiaomi Mi4 launching on 28th January

Good news for those waiting for the Xiaomi Mi4, it will be launched on 28th January 2015. Xiaomi will be announcing the Mi4 at an event in Delhi on 28th. The handset will not be available immediately, but within few days after the launch.

The Xiaomi Mi4 is the most awaited handset after Xiaomi Mi3. It should have been launched a long time back but anyways its finally here. Well with the same flash sales system, wherein you will need to register for the Xiaomi Mi4 sales on Flipkart and only then you will be able to buy it, i.e. if you are lucky to add one in your shopping cart.

Most likely Mi4 flash sales will begin on 3rd February at 2PM on Flipkart. Specification wise the Mi4 houses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad core processor clocked at 2.5GHz running MiUi with 3GB RAM and optional 16 / 64GB storage. In India I guess they will launch the 16GB version. There is no external micro SD card support.

The Mi4 sports a 5 inch screen with FHD resolution. There is 13MP rear AF camera and an 8MP front facing camera. Key features are 4G, 3G, 2G, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. Weight is 149 grams and it is 8.9mm thick. The Xiaomi Mi4 houses a non-removable battery of 3080 mAh capacity.

The pricing is not yet disclosed but it could be well under Rs. 20,000.

Waited eagerly for this phone for 6 months. Now by looking at all these comments, I am feeling a bit discouraged. For me the biggest advantage for me was that it has exclusive service center in Bangalore.

Well Xiaomi understands market perception much well and they come up with surprises when it comes to pricing and specs.
May be they may launch a 32 GB version for 16K-17K coz Huwaei is selling the same specs at 19K.

Today I sold my mi3 for 14500 rs after using it 3-4 month.. mi3 is best phone for me unless its hard to manage with 16gb storage but I m happy with it. Now its time to change. I’ll now buy the mi4 for sure. But can’t afford if over 20k. I thought its 18k and at launch day they reduce 1000 more. Finally 17k fair price for me. Love you xiaomi.

Xiaomi must launch 32gb version in India and not the 16gb model. Otherwise it will be disappointing as there is no expandable memory card slot. Also can’t understand why Xiaomi decided not to implement USB OTG functionality this is a must have function if you can’t give expandable memory.

Before buying this plz consider the space..and suppose to be single sim like mi3…. i have mi3 and some times it is really frustrating me about memory….otg is not the solution….pocket is already filled with keys..papers..hanky. & sometimes other mobile due to single sim….and now pendrive & cable….and if forget any one of those then just tell urself s*** happens……. really f this man…..even 3k phones having expandable mem….and dont know what they are thinking by not providing sd slot…………..plz dont run by hype…mi3 is great but it also sucks ….. and same with mi4

Dj bro thanks for suggestion, I know that I can use dual pendrive but it still needs to carry. Anyways I am used to with low mem, but next time I will surely consider mem & dual sim. Sending mail to apple was good.

This will be flop !!!
Reasons –
1st :- what’s the use of such powerful phone with massive 3gb ram & s801 CPU without memory or at least external slot ? songs apps large size games high quality camera pics all these require at least 32gb.
2nd :- price (I think it will be 18k)!

only very few people will buy this who okay with limited memory !
And those who are saying xiaomi not dumping handset here then why they not launch their products on same day when they launch it in china ? also why they not launch 32gb or 64gb version here ? because in China 32gb & 64gb are in demand but no one buy 16gb that’s why they launch 16gb here !

They always over hype it with flash sales & sale handsets here !

If anyone don’t want 32gb then why they are buying this phone ? what’s the use of this ? 2 games few apps few songs sufficient for them ? then any quad core 1gb ram phone under 7k would do this !

Dear ,Gogi your advice to Sagar’s question about waiting for Mi4, is very logical and right one, OpO is far better than Mi4 version with 16 GB and unsure about getting it. Getting OPO invite is great. And Grab it. I did the mistake of loosing the Invite in the first lot, Now I have it and using it happily.

16GB & pricing > 15K will not work for Xiaomi. If not 64 then provided 32GB ver for India but 16GB is too less. Also 20K will be like touching starting range of Premium handset & even though this is Premium, u will find less buyers @ 20K or even 17K.

Dispite all the hype-For Indian market Xiaomi Mi4 will frankly not hold much attraction because of three basic design short comings for Indian consumer. (a) No memory expansion slot- in 16GB phone one is stuck with just about 8 GB useable space,(b) No user replaceable battery, (c) and of course worst- no dual SIM- an attribute so useable in India and Asia. So good luck Xiaomi, perhaps only limited number of Indian will opt for this. Unless they price it similar of Mi3.